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Howl on Trial

Posted in Uncategorized on September 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »

“The paper burns, but the words fly away.” -Akiba ben Joseph
In my Lib300 Advanced Research Methods Course, I use the poem Howl to talk about censorship.  Many people don’t realize that Allen Ginsberg’s famous poem, which appeared in the book Howl and Other Poems (City Lights, 1956), was seized by San Francisco Customs authorities on [...]

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Rock the Vote

Posted in Library Instruction, tagged , on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Commission on Presidential Debates has teamed up with MySpace to educate users on the upcoming election.  I think this is a great resource to share with our students.  It includes an “issues” quiz which allows users to determine which candidate best represents their views.  Check it out at http://www.myspace.com/mydebates. -LF

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Tim Berners-Lee on Information Literacy

Posted in Creativity in Libraries, Critical Thinking, Library Instruction, Technology on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

He is co-founder of a foundation which is looking to expand access to the World Wide Web for those who do not currently have access. He also wants to implement a scale for scoring sites for their reliability.
Warning Sounded on Webs Future

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Penn State, Sony and e-Readers.

Posted in Technology on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Sony and Penn State have teamed up to research how the e-reader is used in academics. http://alumni.libraries.psu.edu/libtodaySony.html

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